openSUSE Security Update : dnsmasq (openSUSE-2019-2669)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131994

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed: 	

- CVE-2019-14834: Fixed a memory leak which could have allowed to remote attackers to cause denial of service via DHCP response creation (bsc#1154849)

- CVE-2017-15107: Fixed a vulnerability in DNSSEC implementation. Processing of wildcard synthesized NSEC records may result improper validation for non-existance (bsc#1076958).

Other issues addressed :

- Included linux/sockios.h to get SIOCGSTAMP (bsc#1156543).

- Removed cache size limit (bsc#1138743).

- bsc#1152539: include config files from /etc/dnsmasq.d/*.conf .

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131994

File Name: openSUSE-2019-2669.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/12/2019

Updated: 4/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15107, CVE-2019-14834

IAVA: 2020-A-0194-S

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